Last night 'The Rabblers' took on the Hayes Lane Ultras, which is the Bromlet supporters', in the fourth annual 20/20 cricket match. A change of venue, it was at one of our old football venues, Coldharbour Sportsground, in Mottingham.
Just like England in 'The Ashes' our glorious victory last year was but a distant memory, & we lost again, with the 2008 encounter appearing to be a 'one in a generation' thing, just like England in the Ashes series with the old convicts from Australia.
I had hoped to bring you a team photo, and cobble together some sort of report on the occasion, but unfortunately I couldn't get a snap, as the players were uninterested. So I chose to do the same, and blanked them, choosing to go straight back to the station, & catch the first train home.
I can only run a blog for the team, & for everyone, including myself to enjoy, if people help me out! A team picture only takes a few seconds! Thanks chaps!
For the record, we were put into bat, & scored fifty runs at the end of our innings. Bromley wuickly surpassed this, & Phil Baker kindly agreed to extend the game so Bromley could enjoy their full twenty overs, & they finished up with 99 runs, though I didn't check how many wickets went on the way to this total.
Friday, 10 July 2009
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Success of sorts sprouts in Brussels!
A thoroughly enjoyable weekend was hard by those of us who travelled over to Brussels to take part in the 3rd Cyril Mangin Tournament, organised by the supporters' of Union Saint Gilloise.
We exceeded all of our (limited) expectations, when we finished a creditable fourth out of ten sides. I don't think it would be unfair of me to say that we would have been favourites for the 'wooden spoon', if it were not for the arrival of our honourary Belgian Pink 'n' Blue contingent from Namur, the trio being Nicolas Lucas & his brother Francois; as well as Stephane Tournay. A bit thank you to the three of them for their assistance! They certainly brought down the average age of the squad, with Francois being the youngest, & the only one of our number born in the eighties! Our average age for this trip being around 38!
Back row(left to right): Mick O'Shaughnessy (manager), Mishi Morath, Matt Hammond, Mark Hutton (player/co-manager), Lawrence Marsh, Phil Baker.
Front row(left to right): Darren Nicolas, Stephane Tournay (guest from UR Namur), Nicolas Lucas (honourary 'Rabbler'), Andy Tucker, Francois Lucas (guest from the Paris Saint Germain Supporters' Club Belgium Branch).
A few arrived in Brussels on the Friday evening, & went straight into party mode.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man...unless your name is Darren! He made a point of checking where the 'meet up' was for the Saturday morning, but still turned up over half an hour late! You'd think he'd have learnt after Helsinki!
The competition was re-jigged on the day, as a result of two teams dropping out. So we now had four group matches of fifteen minutes each way; with a placing match, depending on where we finished in our group, against the corresponding placed side in the other group. Somewhat spookily our final placing was that of our changing room number!
One strange rule was a penalty shoot out, best of three, at the end of each match, to count for a 'bonus point' if the game was drawn, but held after each encounter!
Luckily the competition was running slightly late, so Darren had used his 'get out of jail free' card, after delaying us, & we had time to get changed at leisure for our first match.
This was against the much fitter & younger Italian fans of Serie C1 outfit Pergocrema. Despite this we battled superbly, & held them to a superb 0-0 draw. The 'bonus point' came into play, but we lost the shoot-out in 'sudden death' after Darren Nicolas missed his attempt, & dropped to the floor in a scene reminiscent of Paul Griffin, after he scored an oggie past Matt Hammond last summer in Tallin, against Jalgpallihaigla!
We don't need a 'team bonding hug', like the Italians, as we all know we love each other! ;-)
Here's some of the penalties...
Who says the camera doesn't lie? This looks a lot closer than it was! ;-)
Our next clash was a real 'hiding to nothing' match, against a team of locals, called Cameroon, all from the West African country, but now settled in Belgium. Such was their 'competitiveness' they even had pre-match warm ups!
So it came as no surprise when the Cameroonian Lions took the lead, but Francois Lucas slotted the ball past their mountain of a keeper, not an easy feat with the smaller size of the goals, to equalise. But Cameroon restored their lead, as we needed to step up a gear, & be that little bit sharper against stronger opposition, which we didn't look capable of. Their third came after a corner, & a superb strike left Matt with no chance as the ball flew into the bottom corner. Which doesn't sound so bad, until you realise that the aforesaid strike came from the boot of our very own Darren Nicolas! But we were not about to give up, and continued to give our all in the RIGHT direction! The next goal was, in my view, our best of the day. Francoise Lucas, out wide, crossed the ball over to Lawrence Marsh on the right, who them played an exquisite pass to the feet of Andy Tucker, who made no mistake in hitting the back of the net.
A battling performance, the scoreline was somewhat undeserved after the Cameroonians bagged one more. From the penalty spot, after one was awarded harshly against Francois, more a case of ball to hand, rather than deliberate.
We lost the meaningless penalty shoot out 3-1, but you couldn't blame the 'English disease' for this, as it was our Namur based trio who took them!
Our first victory came in our next match, against the supporters' of Belgian First Division club Cercle Brugge. Playing some of our more 'ability challenged' players we fluffed a couple of chances, which stronger players might have scored. with both Mark Hutton & Mishi Morath going close, before Francois Lucas nipped in and rounded the keeper, to put 'The Rabblers' one up. Despite being generally on top we allowed Cercle to equalise, with-I'm sure-more than one playing quietly thinking 'oh dear, here we go again!' But this wasn't a Hamlet side to give up, and goals from Francois Lucas & Lawrence Marsh put us into a commanding lead, & despite the last goal being a Cercle one it was the Dulwich boys who won by the odd goal in five! The shoot out wasn't entirely taken seriously, as there was nothing on the outcome, so the Gaffer Mick O'Shaughnessy chose Mark Hutton, Mishi Morath & keeper Matt Hammond to take them, sparing Darrens blushes. The shoot out finished one apiece, with Mattie getting ours!
Sorry there's no snaps from this match, but I played in it!
An so onto our last group match was against a quick, youthful & talented Union Saint Gilloise supporters' side. But we were going to give them a game, and almost opened up the scoring, not once, but twice! The post rattled after a Francois free kick, & then Larry smashed a shot against the bar! The luck was not with us in this game, so far. And then USG opened the lead, with a shot in off the post, and they they doubled their lead. things got worse when Nicolas went off injured, replaced by Phil Baker. more than capable of doing a job, but hardly 'like for like!' Lawrence Marsh reduced the arrears, having capitalised on keeper hesitancy, by nipping in a shooting into the back of the net. But the Union Bhoys restored their lead, after an excellent long range shot, that left Matt with no chance, & giving credence to the rumour that they had some Belgian Second Division standard players in their ranks! Two goal behind again, if there were any bookmakers present the odds on 'The Rabblers' winning would have been long! But a powerful shot from Francois, down the left, gave us hope. After the break we continued to roll up our sleeves & never say die, & this attitude paid off as the fabulous Francois cut through the middle to unleash a shot that hit the back of the net unaided, despite an attempt from Stephane Tournay on the line to get a touch/help it over & claim the glory! With the clock ticking down it reall was game on! And it was that man Francois who was again involved in the move that gave 'The Rabblers' the lead for the first time! He powered down the right, shrugged off their challenges & crossed inch perfect to Lawrence Marsh in front of goal, for him to tap it into the net with clinical precision! USG then equalised, & it looked like a draw would be the outcome, Phil Baker going close with a chance from the left. The pressure mounted against us, Matt Hammond almost lobbed, but he managed to make his body bigger than it was & put them off! He saved a point blank shot next, as the pressure was on us. But the last goal of the match was at the other end, after Francois received the ball, teased their keeper before slotting the ball past him! USG pushed everyone forward, with Matt managing to stretch to a lovely fingertip save, with even their keeper coming out to pile on the pressure, to no avail, as we held out for a glorious victory! Honours were even in a meaningless two apiece penalty shoot out, with Darren being to scared to attempt one and give himself some sort of redemption!
This is one of Francois scoring.
Prompting a bit of a sulk from their keeper!
And so we had qualified for the 3rd/4th play-off slot. This was to be against a team made up of the host side, FC Forest, whose First Team play in the local Belgian leagues, a regional seventh level in their pyramid. For us it was a case of 'trying our best', & getting through the match, as both the Lucas brothers had dropped out injured. So, although we lost, we didn't let ourselves down by going down by three goals to one. The opening goal was a 'strange' tactically though. In seven a side they scored past Matt Hammond in goal. Which is fair enough, but what was weird was Darren Nicolas positioning himself on the line as a defender, instead of trying to close down the player who had the shot! A second followed for Forest, but Darren made up for his earlier footballing faux pas by playing a long ball through the middle to Andy Tucker, who claimed our last goal of the competition. With that we were rapidly running out of steam, & they had time for one more against us before the final whistle, & a joint team photo.
This was actually a fine save from Matt!
Time to relax now, with a few beers, & the presentations. Our Gaffer Mick went up on our behalf to recieve a bottle of USG wine, and some souvenir badges for us all.
Not long after he was asked to return for the shock of the tournament, from our point of vie'w. RFC Liege had just been awarded the Fair Play Trophy, when the winner of the 'Combatative Spirit' award was made, & the name of Dulwich Hamlet was announced!
Mick is planning to hang the painting up in the bar at Champion Hill, I believe.
Speaking personally, winning that award capped a lovely weekend away. There was a lump in my throat when it was announced, & I was truly proud when Mick went up to receive it.
Many, many thanks to Fabrizio Basano for inviting the Dulwich Hamlet Supporters' Team to Brussels, it was a pleasure & an honour to be there!
We exceeded all of our (limited) expectations, when we finished a creditable fourth out of ten sides. I don't think it would be unfair of me to say that we would have been favourites for the 'wooden spoon', if it were not for the arrival of our honourary Belgian Pink 'n' Blue contingent from Namur, the trio being Nicolas Lucas & his brother Francois; as well as Stephane Tournay. A bit thank you to the three of them for their assistance! They certainly brought down the average age of the squad, with Francois being the youngest, & the only one of our number born in the eighties! Our average age for this trip being around 38!
Back row(left to right): Mick O'Shaughnessy (manager), Mishi Morath, Matt Hammond, Mark Hutton (player/co-manager), Lawrence Marsh, Phil Baker.
Front row(left to right): Darren Nicolas, Stephane Tournay (guest from UR Namur), Nicolas Lucas (honourary 'Rabbler'), Andy Tucker, Francois Lucas (guest from the Paris Saint Germain Supporters' Club Belgium Branch).
A few arrived in Brussels on the Friday evening, & went straight into party mode.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man...unless your name is Darren! He made a point of checking where the 'meet up' was for the Saturday morning, but still turned up over half an hour late! You'd think he'd have learnt after Helsinki!
The competition was re-jigged on the day, as a result of two teams dropping out. So we now had four group matches of fifteen minutes each way; with a placing match, depending on where we finished in our group, against the corresponding placed side in the other group. Somewhat spookily our final placing was that of our changing room number!
One strange rule was a penalty shoot out, best of three, at the end of each match, to count for a 'bonus point' if the game was drawn, but held after each encounter!
Luckily the competition was running slightly late, so Darren had used his 'get out of jail free' card, after delaying us, & we had time to get changed at leisure for our first match.
This was against the much fitter & younger Italian fans of Serie C1 outfit Pergocrema. Despite this we battled superbly, & held them to a superb 0-0 draw. The 'bonus point' came into play, but we lost the shoot-out in 'sudden death' after Darren Nicolas missed his attempt, & dropped to the floor in a scene reminiscent of Paul Griffin, after he scored an oggie past Matt Hammond last summer in Tallin, against Jalgpallihaigla!
We don't need a 'team bonding hug', like the Italians, as we all know we love each other! ;-)
Here's some of the penalties...
Who says the camera doesn't lie? This looks a lot closer than it was! ;-)
Our next clash was a real 'hiding to nothing' match, against a team of locals, called Cameroon, all from the West African country, but now settled in Belgium. Such was their 'competitiveness' they even had pre-match warm ups!
So it came as no surprise when the Cameroonian Lions took the lead, but Francois Lucas slotted the ball past their mountain of a keeper, not an easy feat with the smaller size of the goals, to equalise. But Cameroon restored their lead, as we needed to step up a gear, & be that little bit sharper against stronger opposition, which we didn't look capable of. Their third came after a corner, & a superb strike left Matt with no chance as the ball flew into the bottom corner. Which doesn't sound so bad, until you realise that the aforesaid strike came from the boot of our very own Darren Nicolas! But we were not about to give up, and continued to give our all in the RIGHT direction! The next goal was, in my view, our best of the day. Francoise Lucas, out wide, crossed the ball over to Lawrence Marsh on the right, who them played an exquisite pass to the feet of Andy Tucker, who made no mistake in hitting the back of the net.
A battling performance, the scoreline was somewhat undeserved after the Cameroonians bagged one more. From the penalty spot, after one was awarded harshly against Francois, more a case of ball to hand, rather than deliberate.
We lost the meaningless penalty shoot out 3-1, but you couldn't blame the 'English disease' for this, as it was our Namur based trio who took them!
Our first victory came in our next match, against the supporters' of Belgian First Division club Cercle Brugge. Playing some of our more 'ability challenged' players we fluffed a couple of chances, which stronger players might have scored. with both Mark Hutton & Mishi Morath going close, before Francois Lucas nipped in and rounded the keeper, to put 'The Rabblers' one up. Despite being generally on top we allowed Cercle to equalise, with-I'm sure-more than one playing quietly thinking 'oh dear, here we go again!' But this wasn't a Hamlet side to give up, and goals from Francois Lucas & Lawrence Marsh put us into a commanding lead, & despite the last goal being a Cercle one it was the Dulwich boys who won by the odd goal in five! The shoot out wasn't entirely taken seriously, as there was nothing on the outcome, so the Gaffer Mick O'Shaughnessy chose Mark Hutton, Mishi Morath & keeper Matt Hammond to take them, sparing Darrens blushes. The shoot out finished one apiece, with Mattie getting ours!
Sorry there's no snaps from this match, but I played in it!
An so onto our last group match was against a quick, youthful & talented Union Saint Gilloise supporters' side. But we were going to give them a game, and almost opened up the scoring, not once, but twice! The post rattled after a Francois free kick, & then Larry smashed a shot against the bar! The luck was not with us in this game, so far. And then USG opened the lead, with a shot in off the post, and they they doubled their lead. things got worse when Nicolas went off injured, replaced by Phil Baker. more than capable of doing a job, but hardly 'like for like!' Lawrence Marsh reduced the arrears, having capitalised on keeper hesitancy, by nipping in a shooting into the back of the net. But the Union Bhoys restored their lead, after an excellent long range shot, that left Matt with no chance, & giving credence to the rumour that they had some Belgian Second Division standard players in their ranks! Two goal behind again, if there were any bookmakers present the odds on 'The Rabblers' winning would have been long! But a powerful shot from Francois, down the left, gave us hope. After the break we continued to roll up our sleeves & never say die, & this attitude paid off as the fabulous Francois cut through the middle to unleash a shot that hit the back of the net unaided, despite an attempt from Stephane Tournay on the line to get a touch/help it over & claim the glory! With the clock ticking down it reall was game on! And it was that man Francois who was again involved in the move that gave 'The Rabblers' the lead for the first time! He powered down the right, shrugged off their challenges & crossed inch perfect to Lawrence Marsh in front of goal, for him to tap it into the net with clinical precision! USG then equalised, & it looked like a draw would be the outcome, Phil Baker going close with a chance from the left. The pressure mounted against us, Matt Hammond almost lobbed, but he managed to make his body bigger than it was & put them off! He saved a point blank shot next, as the pressure was on us. But the last goal of the match was at the other end, after Francois received the ball, teased their keeper before slotting the ball past him! USG pushed everyone forward, with Matt managing to stretch to a lovely fingertip save, with even their keeper coming out to pile on the pressure, to no avail, as we held out for a glorious victory! Honours were even in a meaningless two apiece penalty shoot out, with Darren being to scared to attempt one and give himself some sort of redemption!
This is one of Francois scoring.
Prompting a bit of a sulk from their keeper!
And so we had qualified for the 3rd/4th play-off slot. This was to be against a team made up of the host side, FC Forest, whose First Team play in the local Belgian leagues, a regional seventh level in their pyramid. For us it was a case of 'trying our best', & getting through the match, as both the Lucas brothers had dropped out injured. So, although we lost, we didn't let ourselves down by going down by three goals to one. The opening goal was a 'strange' tactically though. In seven a side they scored past Matt Hammond in goal. Which is fair enough, but what was weird was Darren Nicolas positioning himself on the line as a defender, instead of trying to close down the player who had the shot! A second followed for Forest, but Darren made up for his earlier footballing faux pas by playing a long ball through the middle to Andy Tucker, who claimed our last goal of the competition. With that we were rapidly running out of steam, & they had time for one more against us before the final whistle, & a joint team photo.
This was actually a fine save from Matt!
Time to relax now, with a few beers, & the presentations. Our Gaffer Mick went up on our behalf to recieve a bottle of USG wine, and some souvenir badges for us all.
Not long after he was asked to return for the shock of the tournament, from our point of vie'w. RFC Liege had just been awarded the Fair Play Trophy, when the winner of the 'Combatative Spirit' award was made, & the name of Dulwich Hamlet was announced!
Mick is planning to hang the painting up in the bar at Champion Hill, I believe.
Speaking personally, winning that award capped a lovely weekend away. There was a lump in my throat when it was announced, & I was truly proud when Mick went up to receive it.
Many, many thanks to Fabrizio Basano for inviting the Dulwich Hamlet Supporters' Team to Brussels, it was a pleasure & an honour to be there!
And a few non-footballing snaps...
The management discuss tactics before the first match, with Hutty wondering how mick gets away with not getting kitted up!
Darren enjoys the half time oranges, before realising there's no vodka with them!
Allez Namur! Nicolas dons the new Namur kit for next season, while Stephane wears a sexier Pink 'n' Blue number!
Phil at his happiest...beer in hand!
Is that really proper refreshment between games...tea?
Part of the tournament BBQ! It looks delicious, but by the time I'd remembered about it, it had all sold out! Doh!
Hutty making a bit of a tit of himself!
Well if the Ing-er-lund team can have WAGs at World Cups, why can't we in Brussels?
That's Danuta, Jane & Melanie.
Waiter service for Matt!
Oi girls! The half time oranges were supplied for the players, not you!
Matt comes joint first in the 'Fat Keeper' competition!
Somehow I don't think you're going to need that sun tan lotion, Andy!
Darren kipping again, after he slept in earlier!
Phil tries to (re)capture his 'yoof'! Once a chav always a chav, I suppose...
What is it with old people making fools of themselves?
Wakey, wakey Darren! some local bloke wants to practice his English on you!
The 'Booze Brothers'!
Have a look at the old scoreboard...
This is what we could've won!
Mick presents a Hamlet 1937 TOFFS shirt to Fabrizio, the tournament organiser.
Relaxing in an Irish pub, in the centre of town.
This,erm, 'establishment' just happened to be right next door to Matt & Phil's hotel!
Finally, the proud management duo with the team awards. A big thank you to them both for arranging the tour. Roll on Helsinki next month!
Darren enjoys the half time oranges, before realising there's no vodka with them!
Allez Namur! Nicolas dons the new Namur kit for next season, while Stephane wears a sexier Pink 'n' Blue number!
Phil at his happiest...beer in hand!
Is that really proper refreshment between games...tea?
Part of the tournament BBQ! It looks delicious, but by the time I'd remembered about it, it had all sold out! Doh!
Hutty making a bit of a tit of himself!
Well if the Ing-er-lund team can have WAGs at World Cups, why can't we in Brussels?
That's Danuta, Jane & Melanie.
Waiter service for Matt!
Oi girls! The half time oranges were supplied for the players, not you!
Matt comes joint first in the 'Fat Keeper' competition!
Somehow I don't think you're going to need that sun tan lotion, Andy!
Darren kipping again, after he slept in earlier!
Phil tries to (re)capture his 'yoof'! Once a chav always a chav, I suppose...
What is it with old people making fools of themselves?
Wakey, wakey Darren! some local bloke wants to practice his English on you!
The 'Booze Brothers'!
Have a look at the old scoreboard...
This is what we could've won!
Mick presents a Hamlet 1937 TOFFS shirt to Fabrizio, the tournament organiser.
Relaxing in an Irish pub, in the centre of town.
This,erm, 'establishment' just happened to be right next door to Matt & Phil's hotel!
Finally, the proud management duo with the team awards. A big thank you to them both for arranging the tour. Roll on Helsinki next month!
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Belgium bound!
We're off on our first European trip of the summer, playing in the Cyril Mangin 7-a-side tournament, in Brussels on Saturday; which is organised by the Union Saint Gilloise supporters'. We first met them in the RFC Liege 11-a-side tournament, back in May 2005.
Which was incidentally the very place where we first met Nicolas Lucas, who will be one of three Belgian 'guests' for us on Saturday. The others being his brother Francois, making his debut in the Pink 'n' Blue. And the top boy from UR Namur, namely Stephane Tournay, who played for us in Tallinn & Helsinki last summer.
(Where he tooks lots of photos, promised me a disc of them, But I'm still waiting a year later!)
The tournament starts with four groups of three, & then the knock out stages. We have been drawn with the fans of the home side, Union Bhoys, & an Italian side, Pergocrema, whose First Team play in Serie C1, based in the town of Crema. This is a small town in the north of Italy, just to the south of Milan.
Other teams represented are Cercle Bruggge; Metz B (supporters) & Cameroon (a team of locals, orginally from the west of Africa, but now from Brussels) in Group A.
We are in Group B.
Group C consists of Union 60 (another Union Saint Gilloise team); Excelsior Rotterdam; & RWD Molenbeek, an old club from Brussels.
The last group is FC Liege; FC Forest (who are a local non-league side, & the host club); & Metz A (made up of friends and family of Cyril)
So who was Cyril Mangin, in whose memory the tournament is held?
"Cyril Mangin 25.06.1984 - 17.07.2004
Cyril died from leukemia while playing at Union Saint-Gilloise, he had come the previous year - 2002-2003 season - joining us from FC Metz the French club where he grouw up ; at FC Metz he played since a very young age through all the youth teams and because of his quality he was captain under 15 under 17, reaching the youth french finals with Metz, and finally at 17 he was made captain of the FC Metz II ( french CFA - 4 national level) ; year later at 18 he signed for Union
beside hhe was a real "great" prospect ; he was a real charming person, and during his struggle against the illness he revealed his true spirit and hard character of "fighter", gaining much respect from all the unionistes."
It promises to be a great trip, & a good 'warm up' to our next one, to Helsinki, at the end of July!
Our playing squad for this weekend will hopefully be:
Phil Baker; Matt Hammond; Mark Hutton; Francois Lucas; Nicolas Lucas; Larry Marsh; Mishi Morath; Darren Nicolas; Mick O'Shaughnessy; Steve Rickerby; Stephane Tournay & Andy Tucker.
Which was incidentally the very place where we first met Nicolas Lucas, who will be one of three Belgian 'guests' for us on Saturday. The others being his brother Francois, making his debut in the Pink 'n' Blue. And the top boy from UR Namur, namely Stephane Tournay, who played for us in Tallinn & Helsinki last summer.
(Where he tooks lots of photos, promised me a disc of them, But I'm still waiting a year later!)
The tournament starts with four groups of three, & then the knock out stages. We have been drawn with the fans of the home side, Union Bhoys, & an Italian side, Pergocrema, whose First Team play in Serie C1, based in the town of Crema. This is a small town in the north of Italy, just to the south of Milan.
Other teams represented are Cercle Bruggge; Metz B (supporters) & Cameroon (a team of locals, orginally from the west of Africa, but now from Brussels) in Group A.
We are in Group B.
Group C consists of Union 60 (another Union Saint Gilloise team); Excelsior Rotterdam; & RWD Molenbeek, an old club from Brussels.
The last group is FC Liege; FC Forest (who are a local non-league side, & the host club); & Metz A (made up of friends and family of Cyril)
So who was Cyril Mangin, in whose memory the tournament is held?
"Cyril Mangin 25.06.1984 - 17.07.2004
Cyril died from leukemia while playing at Union Saint-Gilloise, he had come the previous year - 2002-2003 season - joining us from FC Metz the French club where he grouw up ; at FC Metz he played since a very young age through all the youth teams and because of his quality he was captain under 15 under 17, reaching the youth french finals with Metz, and finally at 17 he was made captain of the FC Metz II ( french CFA - 4 national level) ; year later at 18 he signed for Union
beside hhe was a real "great" prospect ; he was a real charming person, and during his struggle against the illness he revealed his true spirit and hard character of "fighter", gaining much respect from all the unionistes."
It promises to be a great trip, & a good 'warm up' to our next one, to Helsinki, at the end of July!
Our playing squad for this weekend will hopefully be:
Phil Baker; Matt Hammond; Mark Hutton; Francois Lucas; Nicolas Lucas; Larry Marsh; Mishi Morath; Darren Nicolas; Mick O'Shaughnessy; Steve Rickerby; Stephane Tournay & Andy Tucker.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Rabblers represented in Glasgow!
Last weekend our good friends from Belgium, the Paris Saint Germain Supporters' Club Belgium Branch, were up in Scotland, to take part in the Queens Park Supporters' Tournament.
Cementing our strong links over the Channel even more with Nicolas & co. was regular 'Rabblers' player Lawrence Marsh, who 'guested' for them.
It was a wonderfully run competition, actually in its 23rd year! The Queens Park folk couldn't have been more friendly & welcoming, & have intimated that they would love our Supporters' Team to go up there & play an eleven a side match. They now have the contact details of our management duo, so....watch this space, as the old saying goes.
On a personal note, I achieved a culinary ambition of mine, by managing to track down a chip shop that sold Deep Fried Mars Bars! Now if that's not an excuse for us to go up there, I really don't know what is! ;-)
And it was also delicious!
Cementing our strong links over the Channel even more with Nicolas & co. was regular 'Rabblers' player Lawrence Marsh, who 'guested' for them.
It was a wonderfully run competition, actually in its 23rd year! The Queens Park folk couldn't have been more friendly & welcoming, & have intimated that they would love our Supporters' Team to go up there & play an eleven a side match. They now have the contact details of our management duo, so....watch this space, as the old saying goes.
On a personal note, I achieved a culinary ambition of mine, by managing to track down a chip shop that sold Deep Fried Mars Bars! Now if that's not an excuse for us to go up there, I really don't know what is! ;-)
And it was also delicious!
Monday, 25 May 2009
Thank you Millwall...
"The Rabblers" 3
Dulwich Hamlet Under Eighteens XI 6.
Friendly
at Champion Hill Stadium
on Sunday 24th May 2009
Indeed 'thank you Millwall'...
Not for losing at Wembley in the Play-Off Final, but for getting there & depriving the Dulwich Hamlet Youth Team of around half of their squad & Ian Neal, the manager for this friendly against them on the hallowed 'dust bowl' of Champion Hill Stadium.
As it happens the game was played with the true spirit it was intended. The 'young pups' who did play, (plus one dad!) were quick, skillful & sharp. But they treated the match in good fashion. Dominating from start to finish, but not really showboating & taking the piss!
We were four down at half time, with chances few & far between for us. But the tide turned in the second half with our 'secret weapon' of playing the young Dooley clan, where they just couldn't cope with our still at school maestros! Here is Shaun, with his godfers Millie, Liam & Steven. With Steven hitting the back of the net.
This was certainly an encounter that corss the generation gap! Also having a run out was Ian Caldecourt; with his young son Ben-who played the whole match- & his nephew Richard Strivens. It goes without saying that Ben was by far the most talented out of the trio! A fine performance he capped with a goal.
Our other goal came from-shock,horror! Wait for it!- an adult! Chris Garrett also getting on the socresheet. Prompting a harsh (but almost true) comment after the match posing the question 'was this the first time all of our goalscorers have been under five foot?'
Also a big welcome to our ranks go to Jim Marshall, who made his debut for us in this match! Welcome aboard Jim, hope we haven't put you off...the opposition aren't usually that good!
Many thanks to the Youth Team squad for asking us to play the game, it was great to have a run out against them, & cheers to them for being 'kind' to us!
The real winner though was the £100 match subs we collected in our dressing room, to go to the Youth Team funds.
Dulwich Hamlet Under Eighteens XI 6.
Friendly
at Champion Hill Stadium
on Sunday 24th May 2009
Indeed 'thank you Millwall'...
Not for losing at Wembley in the Play-Off Final, but for getting there & depriving the Dulwich Hamlet Youth Team of around half of their squad & Ian Neal, the manager for this friendly against them on the hallowed 'dust bowl' of Champion Hill Stadium.
As it happens the game was played with the true spirit it was intended. The 'young pups' who did play, (plus one dad!) were quick, skillful & sharp. But they treated the match in good fashion. Dominating from start to finish, but not really showboating & taking the piss!
We were four down at half time, with chances few & far between for us. But the tide turned in the second half with our 'secret weapon' of playing the young Dooley clan, where they just couldn't cope with our still at school maestros! Here is Shaun, with his godfers Millie, Liam & Steven. With Steven hitting the back of the net.
This was certainly an encounter that corss the generation gap! Also having a run out was Ian Caldecourt; with his young son Ben-who played the whole match- & his nephew Richard Strivens. It goes without saying that Ben was by far the most talented out of the trio! A fine performance he capped with a goal.
Our other goal came from-shock,horror! Wait for it!- an adult! Chris Garrett also getting on the socresheet. Prompting a harsh (but almost true) comment after the match posing the question 'was this the first time all of our goalscorers have been under five foot?'
Also a big welcome to our ranks go to Jim Marshall, who made his debut for us in this match! Welcome aboard Jim, hope we haven't put you off...the opposition aren't usually that good!
Many thanks to the Youth Team squad for asking us to play the game, it was great to have a run out against them, & cheers to them for being 'kind' to us!
The real winner though was the £100 match subs we collected in our dressing room, to go to the Youth Team funds.
Our team was
Back row (left to right): Mick O'Shaughnessy (manager); Steve Rickerby; Richard Strivens; Chris Tabrett; Ian Caldecourt; Phil Baker; Mishi Morath; Paul griffin; Mark Hutton; Ian Gannon. Front row(left to right): James O'Shaughnessy; Matt Hammond; Jim Marshall; Chris Garrett; Ben Caldecourt; Shaun Dooley.
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Thanks to Hamlet fan Tony Squires, who kindly took the team photo.
I returned the favour by taking one with him in it, though he didn't actually play! ;-)
And a few snaps of the event...
One eyed Mark Hutton, less than a year away from his free bus pass; & Phil Baker, sitting on his hands to stop them shaking after no less than fourteen pints the day before, strike fear into the opposition, when they see the strength of our bench!
Not a care in the world from these substitutes! Who are this Youth Team lot anyway?
Half time...and hardly breaking into a sweat!
Topless like a Geordie...but without the tears! ;-)
Now for a few shots of the match, not very good ones I hasten to add, we've been spoilt by Melanie's excellent photos recently. Back to my trusty 'digital box brownie!' ;-)
Well nobody told me I had to get the ball in the picture! ;-)
Ah there it is! Paul Griffin makes one of his rare seasonal appearances. The season being'just before we go on summer tour', when he turns out so he can justify his place on the trips!
He certainly works for his place anyway!
Youth Team? Oi! Where's your birth certificate?
Debutant Jim Marshall gets stuck in.
Steve Rickerby dominates in the box in his own trusty style!
Little Ben, with some bloke old enough to be his grandad behind him!
Two Hamlet cousins in action.
Go on Ben, don't give up!
There are now a couple of long range action shots, from when I asked Griff to take some, when I went on for a few minutes. I should have told him where the 'zoom' function was...
Time to relax in 'Hoopers' afterwards!
Not a care in the world from these substitutes! Who are this Youth Team lot anyway?
Half time...and hardly breaking into a sweat!
Topless like a Geordie...but without the tears! ;-)
Now for a few shots of the match, not very good ones I hasten to add, we've been spoilt by Melanie's excellent photos recently. Back to my trusty 'digital box brownie!' ;-)
Well nobody told me I had to get the ball in the picture! ;-)
Ah there it is! Paul Griffin makes one of his rare seasonal appearances. The season being'just before we go on summer tour', when he turns out so he can justify his place on the trips!
He certainly works for his place anyway!
Youth Team? Oi! Where's your birth certificate?
Debutant Jim Marshall gets stuck in.
Steve Rickerby dominates in the box in his own trusty style!
Little Ben, with some bloke old enough to be his grandad behind him!
Two Hamlet cousins in action.
Go on Ben, don't give up!
There are now a couple of long range action shots, from when I asked Griff to take some, when I went on for a few minutes. I should have told him where the 'zoom' function was...
Time to relax in 'Hoopers' afterwards!
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours...
"The Rabblers" rallied to the ailing Fisher Athletic cause when we answered a call from them to enter their first ever Supporters' Tournament on Sunday 3rd May, at our very own Champion Hill Stadium.
Organised almost single handedly by their main man on the terrace Joe Arif to raise a few pennies to help them pay a few bills, & do have some fun at the end of a traumatic season for them, which ultimately ended with one hundred & one years of Fisher Athletic football being wound up in the High Court.
The other teams were Millwall supporters' & Eastbourne Borough supporters'.
The day turned out to be a bit of a disaster all round for 'The Rabblers', when we only had eight players, from a supposed squad of sixteen! To make matters worse the temporary 'gaffers' for the day were not only misinformed by the current 'gaffers' as to the start of the competition, they never had any numbers to hand to ring round!
Thankfully both Eastbourne & Fisher came to our aid, & lent us players so we could field a full XI in each match.
Our first game, each encounter being thirty minutes playing through one way, we faced the pre-tournament favourites Millwall, qho we know well from our regular stuffungs in IFA matches . despite battling gamely we went down three goals to nil, ably assisted by the Eastbourne Borough lads. They stepped in having beaten 'hosts' Fisher in the tournament opener by the odd goal in three.
Our the briefest of breaks we had 'drawn the short straw' & were straight back on, against the Fisher supporters' & assorted ringers, with the odd semi pro footballer thrown in! Another defeat followed, despite a different trio of Eastbourneites rallying to our cause. We were also assisted by Phil Doyle, who only popped in to watch for a few minutes, while popping into Sainsburys, his little kid left in te pram pitchside, ably babysat by Melanie!
We actually lost four one, which left a bit of a sour taste in the mouth, not because we lost, but in the manner! Admittedly the referee was a volunteer without any qualifications, but you saw a similar performance out on the pitch by the man in black at a First Team game he would have been lynched! We had a goal disallowed, and a blatant penalty shout turned down, from which they broke away & scored up the other end. To be fair the last two goals were ok, but the stuffing had already been knocked out of us, & this is the game we undoubtedly deserved to win.
But that wasn't to detract from the enjoyment we still had. We knew we were on a hiding to nothing, & if they wanted to beat us that badly that was for their conscience to wrest with!
It was the Lions' fans turn for two games on the spin, which they won comfortably, another three nil, against Eastbourne Borough. Then five for no reply against their former SE16 neighbours Fisher. So Millwall were top of the group, safely through to the final.
That was to be either ourselves, or the Boro. It was possible we could pip them, with a good win, but we were still the underdogs. Not that some of the Fisher team were that interested, as some were already changing, & on their way home as we kicked off! Somewhat disrespectful to the other teams, when it's your own tournament, if I may say so!
But some of the Fish were decent chaps, and they kindly lent us three players, to make up our numbers. When they were putting on the Pink 'n' Blue stripes their manager for the day Donna Powell shouted out 'Judas!' at them, which was a bit rich, seeing as she had appeared in the non-league press the previous season, wearing the famous colours herself as 'Miss Dulwich Hamlet!'
One of the players who guested for us in this match was 61 year old Fisher fan Danny Lodge, who had worn our colours before. He played for the Hamlet in the early sixties & recalled the likes of Dave Darvill & Johnny Everett, to name but two! We also gave a brief run out to young Megan, who was with the tea bar crowd watching.
The match itself, we actually shocked them by taking the lead, before they hit back with four goals, and deservedly made the final, as our tired but surprisingly still cheerful band of players headed for the showers & the bar.
The final was extremely close, Eastbourne holding Millwall until the last couple of minutes, until two late goals won it for the Lions.
It was a shame that more members of 'The Rabblers' squad couldn't make the effort to turn out for this competition. I won't lie & say I personally found it a bit disappointing, but am pleased we managed to get a team of sorts out. It was a tournament at our own stadium, & I feel we should have had a better show. I understand people have other commitments, but we also represent the Club who we support, & it was touch & go on the day if we were actually going to play!
Everyone who did turn up enjoyed the day, despite finishing as wooden spoonists. And tha's the most important thing.
Thank you to Joe Arif, for organising the whole thing, which isn't the easiest thing to do, to say the least! He did Fisher proud! And also thank you to the Fisher team for lending us players against Eastbourne.
Also a big thank you to the Eastbourne Borough brigade, who we've not encountered before. They were really generous in helping us out, and a credit to Eastbourne Borough Football Club.
Hopefully we can arrange an eleven-a-side or two against them next season. Fingers crossed they are at home when we travel to Eastbourne Town. And maybe we can accomodate them on their way to one of their away matches if the fixtures fall kindly enough somewhere for them.
We did receive an invite to their own 6-a-side tournament on the coast, which is scheduled for Sunday 12th July. Sadly we have been unable to have enough volunteers to raise a side, which is a shame because they really were a decent bunch. I guess it's one trip too many, as we are in the Union Saint Gilloise6-a-sides in Brussels, on Saturday 20th June; before we have our main eleven-a-side tour to Helsinki, where we once again take on our good friends from HJK on Saturday 25th July.
One final thank you goes to Melanie Lucking for taking all the photos from our matches...and more! It's taken me a while to sort and publish them, but understandable when she took over eight hundred snaps on the day! Not that I'm complaining, it's much appreciated!
Organised almost single handedly by their main man on the terrace Joe Arif to raise a few pennies to help them pay a few bills, & do have some fun at the end of a traumatic season for them, which ultimately ended with one hundred & one years of Fisher Athletic football being wound up in the High Court.
The other teams were Millwall supporters' & Eastbourne Borough supporters'.
The day turned out to be a bit of a disaster all round for 'The Rabblers', when we only had eight players, from a supposed squad of sixteen! To make matters worse the temporary 'gaffers' for the day were not only misinformed by the current 'gaffers' as to the start of the competition, they never had any numbers to hand to ring round!
Thankfully both Eastbourne & Fisher came to our aid, & lent us players so we could field a full XI in each match.
Our first game, each encounter being thirty minutes playing through one way, we faced the pre-tournament favourites Millwall, qho we know well from our regular stuffungs in IFA matches . despite battling gamely we went down three goals to nil, ably assisted by the Eastbourne Borough lads. They stepped in having beaten 'hosts' Fisher in the tournament opener by the odd goal in three.
Our the briefest of breaks we had 'drawn the short straw' & were straight back on, against the Fisher supporters' & assorted ringers, with the odd semi pro footballer thrown in! Another defeat followed, despite a different trio of Eastbourneites rallying to our cause. We were also assisted by Phil Doyle, who only popped in to watch for a few minutes, while popping into Sainsburys, his little kid left in te pram pitchside, ably babysat by Melanie!
We actually lost four one, which left a bit of a sour taste in the mouth, not because we lost, but in the manner! Admittedly the referee was a volunteer without any qualifications, but you saw a similar performance out on the pitch by the man in black at a First Team game he would have been lynched! We had a goal disallowed, and a blatant penalty shout turned down, from which they broke away & scored up the other end. To be fair the last two goals were ok, but the stuffing had already been knocked out of us, & this is the game we undoubtedly deserved to win.
But that wasn't to detract from the enjoyment we still had. We knew we were on a hiding to nothing, & if they wanted to beat us that badly that was for their conscience to wrest with!
It was the Lions' fans turn for two games on the spin, which they won comfortably, another three nil, against Eastbourne Borough. Then five for no reply against their former SE16 neighbours Fisher. So Millwall were top of the group, safely through to the final.
That was to be either ourselves, or the Boro. It was possible we could pip them, with a good win, but we were still the underdogs. Not that some of the Fisher team were that interested, as some were already changing, & on their way home as we kicked off! Somewhat disrespectful to the other teams, when it's your own tournament, if I may say so!
But some of the Fish were decent chaps, and they kindly lent us three players, to make up our numbers. When they were putting on the Pink 'n' Blue stripes their manager for the day Donna Powell shouted out 'Judas!' at them, which was a bit rich, seeing as she had appeared in the non-league press the previous season, wearing the famous colours herself as 'Miss Dulwich Hamlet!'
One of the players who guested for us in this match was 61 year old Fisher fan Danny Lodge, who had worn our colours before. He played for the Hamlet in the early sixties & recalled the likes of Dave Darvill & Johnny Everett, to name but two! We also gave a brief run out to young Megan, who was with the tea bar crowd watching.
The match itself, we actually shocked them by taking the lead, before they hit back with four goals, and deservedly made the final, as our tired but surprisingly still cheerful band of players headed for the showers & the bar.
The final was extremely close, Eastbourne holding Millwall until the last couple of minutes, until two late goals won it for the Lions.
It was a shame that more members of 'The Rabblers' squad couldn't make the effort to turn out for this competition. I won't lie & say I personally found it a bit disappointing, but am pleased we managed to get a team of sorts out. It was a tournament at our own stadium, & I feel we should have had a better show. I understand people have other commitments, but we also represent the Club who we support, & it was touch & go on the day if we were actually going to play!
Everyone who did turn up enjoyed the day, despite finishing as wooden spoonists. And tha's the most important thing.
Thank you to Joe Arif, for organising the whole thing, which isn't the easiest thing to do, to say the least! He did Fisher proud! And also thank you to the Fisher team for lending us players against Eastbourne.
Also a big thank you to the Eastbourne Borough brigade, who we've not encountered before. They were really generous in helping us out, and a credit to Eastbourne Borough Football Club.
Hopefully we can arrange an eleven-a-side or two against them next season. Fingers crossed they are at home when we travel to Eastbourne Town. And maybe we can accomodate them on their way to one of their away matches if the fixtures fall kindly enough somewhere for them.
We did receive an invite to their own 6-a-side tournament on the coast, which is scheduled for Sunday 12th July. Sadly we have been unable to have enough volunteers to raise a side, which is a shame because they really were a decent bunch. I guess it's one trip too many, as we are in the Union Saint Gilloise6-a-sides in Brussels, on Saturday 20th June; before we have our main eleven-a-side tour to Helsinki, where we once again take on our good friends from HJK on Saturday 25th July.
One final thank you goes to Melanie Lucking for taking all the photos from our matches...and more! It's taken me a while to sort and publish them, but understandable when she took over eight hundred snaps on the day! Not that I'm complaining, it's much appreciated!
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Our 'squad' was...
Back row (left to right): Mishi Morath; Steve rickerby; Paul Griffin; Ian Gannon; Lawrence Marsh.
Front row (left to right): Alex Margolis; Matt Hammond; Megan; James O'Shaughnessy.
Front row (left to right): Alex Margolis; Matt Hammond; Megan; James O'Shaughnessy.
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Millwall Supporters' 3, "The Rabblers" 0.
Here are some of the picture Melanie took of the Millwall game.
There are ninety nine photos in all of this match. To view them all click here.
There are ninety nine photos in all of this match. To view them all click here.
Monday, 18 May 2009
Fisher Athletic supporters' 4, "The Rabblers" 1
This selection is from the second of our matches.
In this compilation there are one hundred and eleven pictures. Click here to see them all.
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Eastbourne Borough supporters' 4, "The Rabblers" 1
And here are some from our final match of the competition.
Including the ones above, there are one hundred & one snaps in this set. Click here to see them all.
Including the ones above, there are one hundred & one snaps in this set. Click here to see them all.
Saturday, 16 May 2009
A little bit of this, that & the other!
This lot are a selection of non-action photos from the day, with no particular rhyme or reason. Simply ones that caught my eye.
Ian looks bored as a referee tells him how the job should be done!
Come on chaps...proper team photo please!
Griff scratches his head as he tries to work out if he's a customer or a supporter!
I may be fat, but I can touch my toes! ;-)
Supersub Megan waits for her moment!
'Bootiful!'
Melanie goes for an arty snap, with Larry looking a bit cream crackered!
It looks easy from up here!
some of the Fisher faithful...one a 'Dulwich reject!' ;-)
Don't ask! Best NOT to suggest a caption competition! ;-)
Someone booked the wrong strippergram! ;-)
Looks like they've had a gutful already...
Another take on the traditional 'spot the ball' competition..you're supposed to airbrush out the ball, not the players!
Far too young & fit for supporters' football this Eastbourne lot, or maybe we're just all old farts?
This bloke was with Millwall, & insidted Melanie took his photo....
In this last set from the Fisher tournament there are forty four pictures. Click here to see the set.
Ian looks bored as a referee tells him how the job should be done!
Come on chaps...proper team photo please!
Griff scratches his head as he tries to work out if he's a customer or a supporter!
I may be fat, but I can touch my toes! ;-)
Supersub Megan waits for her moment!
'Bootiful!'
Melanie goes for an arty snap, with Larry looking a bit cream crackered!
It looks easy from up here!
some of the Fisher faithful...one a 'Dulwich reject!' ;-)
Don't ask! Best NOT to suggest a caption competition! ;-)
Someone booked the wrong strippergram! ;-)
Looks like they've had a gutful already...
Another take on the traditional 'spot the ball' competition..you're supposed to airbrush out the ball, not the players!
Far too young & fit for supporters' football this Eastbourne lot, or maybe we're just all old farts?
This bloke was with Millwall, & insidted Melanie took his photo....
In this last set from the Fisher tournament there are forty four pictures. Click here to see the set.
Friday, 15 May 2009
Some more pictures from the Club XI match
Dave Fry is one of our long distance fans, who travels down to a number of Hamlet home & away games over the season from Liverpool!
That's him in the photo taking his own snaps of the match, & if I may say so myself he takes excellent sports snaps. Here is his superb selecection from the match against the Club XI.
There are seventy to view altogether.
A BIG thank you to Dave for sharing them.
Friday, 1 May 2009
The winner was all those with cheesy grins!
It's strange to think that the last ever game that Craig Edwards took 'charge' of for Dulwich Hamlet was a fun Club XI against the Supporters' Team!
Less than a week after he arranged the match as a 'thank you' to the fans for supporting the Hamlet week in, week out he was out of the Champion Hill hotseat.
A case of 'thanks for the memories', & for some fans the memory of this game will live for a long time.
A large squad of Hamlet fans 'came out of the woodwork' for ths match, a number of whom have never had a runout for the Supporters' Team before, jumping at the opportunity to be on the same hallowed turf/dustbowl as their heroes. And revelling in the moment. Which is what this game was all about.
It wasn't a serious game, the final score reflecting the fact that at one stage the "Rabblers" had no less than NINETEEN outfield players on the pitch, of all shapes & sizes! Ranging from primary school kids to a sixty three year old Supporters' Team regular!
Despite the fact we went down 6-5 technically we 'won' the match after Craig shouted 'next goal wins it, as we were six four down!
It wasn't a serious match, but it was played in a great spirit, with the Club XI treating it with both the respect & irreverance such an encounter merited. I won't even attempt to cobble together a match report-not least because I didn't know everyones' names! Except to say our goals were scored by James O'Shaughnessy, who hit four, & Lawrence Marsh.
Hopefully some of those who had a run out for the first time will have realised that the Supporters' Team is about fun, & not too high a standard, and will contact the Gaffer- mospurley@hotmail.com - so they can be part of the team next season.
Less than a week after he arranged the match as a 'thank you' to the fans for supporting the Hamlet week in, week out he was out of the Champion Hill hotseat.
A case of 'thanks for the memories', & for some fans the memory of this game will live for a long time.
A large squad of Hamlet fans 'came out of the woodwork' for ths match, a number of whom have never had a runout for the Supporters' Team before, jumping at the opportunity to be on the same hallowed turf/dustbowl as their heroes. And revelling in the moment. Which is what this game was all about.
It wasn't a serious game, the final score reflecting the fact that at one stage the "Rabblers" had no less than NINETEEN outfield players on the pitch, of all shapes & sizes! Ranging from primary school kids to a sixty three year old Supporters' Team regular!
Despite the fact we went down 6-5 technically we 'won' the match after Craig shouted 'next goal wins it, as we were six four down!
It wasn't a serious match, but it was played in a great spirit, with the Club XI treating it with both the respect & irreverance such an encounter merited. I won't even attempt to cobble together a match report-not least because I didn't know everyones' names! Except to say our goals were scored by James O'Shaughnessy, who hit four, & Lawrence Marsh.
Hopefully some of those who had a run out for the first time will have realised that the Supporters' Team is about fun, & not too high a standard, and will contact the Gaffer- mospurley@hotmail.com - so they can be part of the team next season.
The two teams
A BIG thank you goes to Melanie Lucking for taking all of the snaps from the game.
Be warned...there are a lot of them!
This was our squad...
Here is the Club XI
Be warned...there are a lot of them!
This was our squad...
Here is the Club XI
The hardest thing about a team photo
Is getting everyone to stand still & look the right way. Not to mention getting all of the team in the right place at the right time!
I asked Melanie to take a few shots of the team(s) getting organised for the group photos. For no other reason than I'm a bit of a sad git, & like these sort of snaps!
I asked Melanie to take a few shots of the team(s) getting organised for the group photos. For no other reason than I'm a bit of a sad git, & like these sort of snaps!
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